The Eagles-On The Border (1974)

With their third album, The Eagles wanted to move away from their well-known folk and country influences and delve into more rock-oriented territory; however, the final result was a hybrid of all those styles. While their previous, heavily country-influenced album, "Desperado", showcased their more acoustic side with tracks like the title track, "Twenty-One", "Tequila Sunrise", and "Saturday Night", they also began to show glimpses of their rock side with "Out of Control" and the melodic "Certain Kind of Fool" and "Outlaw Man". For this third album, "On the Border", the band opted for a new producer, replacing the more refined and melodic Glyn Johns with the energetic Bill Szymczyk, although Johns also contributed to the production in a secondary capacity. All of this is evident from the start with the powerful country-rock tracks “Already Gone”, “On The Border”, “James Dean”, and “Good Day in Hell”, which provide the perfect counterpoint and balance to the more melodic and acoustic “Midnight Flyer”, “My Man”, “Ol '55”, and “The Best of My Love”, or the mid-tempo “Is It True” and “You Never Cry Like a Lover”. This progression toward a more rock-oriented sound was further solidified when the album surpassed its predecessor, “Desperado”, on the charts, matching its sales with over two million copies sold in the United States alone.